Swansboro BOC to consider Moore's BBQ, assisted living facility

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The Swansboro Board of Commissioners will hear a special use permit request for an assisted living facility and an evidentiary hearing for Moore's Chicken & BBQ at their meeting this week.

Two groups will plead their cases to the Swansboro Board of Commissioners this week in hopes of becoming permanent fixtures in the Friendly City by the Sea.

Swansboro House, proposed by Onslow Propco Holdings, hopes to establish an assisted living home as an independent living facility with no nursing or memory care.

The home would house 55 units with up to 80 beds and would be located at 280 Swansboro Loop Road. The building is located on 21.92 acres and the square footage request differs from what was originally brought to the board’s attention.

At the Aug. 8 BOC meeting Swansboro House was approved for a special use permit to build a 42,041 square feet facility with some conditions, including installing storm water treatment options that were at least twice the minimum required by the state, according to the minutes from the meeting.

After determining the project wouldn’t negatively affect the adjoining or abutting property values, and adding in additional conditions, like a three-day waste holding system in case of power failure and a low impact design to promote infiltration, the board unanimously approved the permit.

The special use permit was required for a building larger than 40,000 square feet, but this week Onslow Propco Holdings is requesting a 37,987 square foot building.

While the low-impact storm water design is still part of the project as recommended by the Swansboro Planning Board, the façade is different than the previous approval, according to this week’s agenda.

The board will also host an evidentiary hearing for a special use permit request by Baldwin Design Consultants. The consultant firm hopes to build a single-story 4,541 square foot restaurant, Moore’s Chicken & BBQ, on 1.26 acres of land at 1103 W. Corbett Ave.

The hearing was originally slated to be held at the Feb. 13 meeting but Commissioner Pat Turner was not at the meeting and the firm asked the BOC to table the discussion until all commissioners were present.

Due to renovations being completed at Swansboro Town Hall this meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, will be held at the old town hall building, located at 502 Church St.

In addition to this meeting, the BOC will meet at 5:30 p.m. on March 6, again at the old town hall building, to finalize topics for the upcoming annual budget retreat which is to begin at 8:30 a.m. on March 14 and March 15.

The regular BOC meeting scheduled for March 13 has been cancelled.

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